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| Thursday 16th January 2020 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the White-winged Scoter still in Lothian, Pacific Diver in Cornwall,
Black-throated Thrush in Bedfordshire, Blue-headed Eastern Yellow Wagtail
and Ferruginous Duck in Norfolk, Richardson's Cackling Goose in Aberdeenshire,
Lesser Yellowlegs in Norfolk, Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon and
Bonaparte's Gull in County Wexford. Scarcities included Purple Heron (Lancashire), American Wigeon (Gwent), Ring-billed Gull (Cornwall), Surf Scoter (County Clare), Green-winged Teal (Suffolk), Glossy Ibis (West Sussex), two each of Rough-legged Buzzard and Yellow-browed Warbler, three Lapland Buntings, four Great Grey Shrikes, five Shorelarks and a total of eight Ring-necked Ducks. |
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Daily news summaries
Catch up with RBA's daily birdnews summaries. Browse ten days at a time, or choose a date to read summaries from that day backwards.
Daily summaries are available from 13 April 2006. For earlier weekly reviews, visit our articles.
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| Wednesday 15th January 2020 | ||
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All of today's rarities were long-stayers: Black-throated Thrush in Bedfordshire, four Two-barred Crossbills together in Western Isles, Eastern Yellow Wagtails in Norfolk (Blue-headed) and Northumberland, Eastern Stonechat sp in Cheshire, Blue-winged Teal in Devon, Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire, Long-billed Dowitchers in Devon and Merseyside, Other news included Purple Heron (Lancashire), Glossy Ibis (Gwent), eight Great Grey Shrikes, two Ring-billed Gulls, two Rough-legged Buzzards, Black Brant (East Yorkshire), two American Wigeon, two Green-winged Teal and seven Ring-necked Ducks. |
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| Tuesday 14th January 2020 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised a Snowy Owl new in County Cork near Adrigole, the Black-throated Thrush still in Bedfordshire,
Eastern Yellow Wagtails in both Norfolk and Northumberland, Eastern Stonechat in Cheshire,
Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire, and Long-billed Dowitchers in Cumbria, Devon and Merseyside. Scarcities included Purple Heron (Lancashire), Hoopoe (Clyde), Richard's Pipit (Somerset), Ring-billed Gull (County Kerry), Snow Goose (Western Isles), two each of both Rough-legged Buzzard and Great Grey Shrike, four Lapland Buntings, and a total of five Ring-necked Ducks. |
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| Monday 13th January 2020 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the White-winged Scoter still in Lothian, Black-throated Thrush
in Bedfordshire, Blue-headed Wagtails in Norfolk and Northumberland, Eastern Stonechat
in Cheshire, Long-billed Dowitchers in Devon and Merseyside, and Ferruginous Ducks in Hampshire and Norfolk. Scarcities included Purple Heron (Lancashire), Surf Scoter (Lothian), Glossy Ibis (West Sussex), Snow Goose (Orkney Isles) and Kumlien's Gull (Leicestershire), two each of Rough-legged Buzzard, Yellow-browed Warbler and Green-winged Teal, three Great Grey Shrikes, five Ring-necked Ducks and six Lapland Buntings (all together in Kent). |
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| Sunday 12th January 2020 | ||
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Continuining rarities comprised Black-throated Thrush in Bedfordshire, Eastern Yellow Wagtails in Norfolk (Blue-headed) and Northumberland, White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Black Scoter in Northumberland, King Eider in Highland, Semipalmated Sandpiper in Hampshire, American Buff-bellied Pipit and Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, Eastern Stonechat sp in Cheshire, Blue-winged Teal in Devon, Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire and Long-billed Dowitchers in Merseyside and Co.Wicklow. A Ferruginous Duck was found at Blashford Lakes in Hampshire while the Norfolk bird remained. Other news included two Richard's Pipits, Purple Heron (Lancashire), six Great Grey Shrikes, four Rough-legged Buzzards, two Glossy Ibises, Green-winged Teal (Suffolk), two American Wigeon, Black Brant (Essex), Surf Scoter (Lothian), 14 Ring-necked Ducks, Ring-billed Gull (Co.Antrim), five Shorelarks and Black-bellied Dipper (Fife). |
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| Saturday 11th January 2020 | ||
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An adult Bonaparte's Gull was found at Clahane Strand in Co.Clare. The Eastern Yellow Wagtails in Norfolk (Blue-headed) and Northumberland, Black-throated Thrush in Bedfordshire, Eastern Stonechat sp in Cheshire, Semipalmated Sandpiper in Hampshire, Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire, Blue-winged Teal in Devon, Ferruginous Duck in Norfolk, Long-billed Dowitchers in Devon and Merseyside, and Lesser Scaup in both Cornwall and Co.Mayo all continued their stays. Other news included Purple Heron (Lancashire), Richard's Pipit (Somerset), seven Great Grey Shrikes, two Ring-billed Gulls, Kumlien's Gull (Leicestershire), three Rough-legged Buzzards, Black Brant (East Yorkshire), American Wigeon (Aberdeenshire), three Green-winged Teal, 11 Ring-necked Ducks, Little Auk (Western Isles) and seven Shorelarks. |
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| Friday 10th January 2020 | ||
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| New discoveries comprised a Long-billed Dowitcher at
Marshside RSPB (Merseyside) and Two-barred Crossbill at Rumster
(Highland), whilst the Semipalmated Sandpiper returned to
Pennington Marshes (Hampshire). Lingering rarities included
Black-throated Thrush (Bedfordshire), Eastern stonechat
species (Cheshire), American Buff-bellied Pipit (Cornwall),
Eastern Yellow Wagtails (Northumberland and Norfolk),
White-winged Scoter (Lothian), Long-billed Dowitchers
(Co Wicklow and Cumbria), Blue-winged Teal (Devon),
Lesser Yellowlegs (North Yorkshire), Black Scoter
(Northumberland) and Ferruginous Duck (Norfolk). The best of the rest included Rose-coloured Starling (Cambridgeshire), Richard's Pipit (Somerset), Wryneck (Dorset), Purple Heron (Lancashire), Yellow-browed Warblers (London, North Yorkshire, Shropshire and Somerset), Rough-legged Buzzards Norfolk, South Yorkshire and Suffolk), and six Shorelarks (Norfolk [5] and Suffolk). |
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| Thursday 9th January 2020 | ||
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| Rarities today comprised the White-winged Scoter still in Lothian, both
Lesser White-fronted Goose and Blue-headed Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Norfolk,
Black-throated Thrush in Bedfordshire, Eastern Yellow Wagtail in Northumberland,
Eastern Stonechat in Cheshire, both Blue-winged Teal and Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon,
Long-billed Dowitcher in County Wicklow, Lesser Yellowlegs in North Yorkshire, and
single King Eiders in both Highland and the Shetland Isles. Scarcities included Purple Heron (Lancashire), Richard's Pipit (Somerset), two each of Ring-billed Gull, Yellow-browed Warbler, Glossy Ibis and Shorelark, three Rough-legged Buzzards, four Green-winged Teals, six Great Grey Shrikes and a total of 14 Ring-necked Ducks. |
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| Wednesday 8th January 2020 | ||
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Continuing rarities were represented by the Black-throated Thrush in Bedfordshire, Brown Shrike (Co.Cork), White-winged Scoter in Lothian, Eastern Yellow Wagtails in Norfolk (Blue-headed) and Northumberland, Long-billed Dowitcher in Devon, Eastern Stonechat sp in Cheshire, Blue-winged Teal in Devon, Ferruginous Duck in Norfolk and Lesser Scaup in Cornwall, Scarcities included Richard's Pipit (Somerset), Northern Treecreeper (Sussex), seven Great Grey Shrikes, five Rough-legged Buzzards, Purple Heron (Lancashire), three Glossy Ibises, two Ring-billed Gulls (Co.Sligo and Co.Cork), two Snow Geese, Black Brant, five Green-winged Teal, 11 Ring-necked Ducks and six Shorelarks. |
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| Tuesday 7th January 2020 | ||
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| The highlight of the day was the discovery of a Brown Shrike in County Cork at Mallow; only the second record of this species in Ireland. Lingering rarities confirmed as still present were the Eastern Yellow Wagtails in both Norfolk and Northumberland, Black-throated Thrush in Bedfordshire, Eastern Stonechat in Cheshire, and Blue-winged Teal in Devon, whilst in Norfolk a Ferruginous Duck returned to Ranworth Broad. Scarcities included American Wigeon and Lesser Snow Goose (Highland), Purple Heron (Lancashire), Richard's Pipit (Somerset), Ring-billed Gull (County Kerry), Great Grey Shrike (Bedfordshire), two each of both Rough-legged Buzzard and Green-winged Teal, four of Yellow-browed Warbler and Glossy Ibis, six of Ring-necked Duck and Shorelark, and a total of 51 Lapland Buntings. |
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